Day One

Time: 9:48 PM-10:00 PM

Prompt:
The vacation cottage you rented for the summer has a locked room, which you break into and...

I had to push the door hard. I felt like I was going to bruise my shoulder before the damn door would open. I pushed and pushed and pushed...and suddenly the door popped open. Like it was waiting for the exact number of pushes before it would open.

The door creaked open and I took a breath before I stepped in. And saw that time had not touched this room...the crib, changing table, and rocker stood in silent tribute to the missing occupants.

There were 2 things that I noticed after I took in the sights of the hidden room. The first was that there was a half empty bottle sitting on the arm of the rocker. I could see Mom setting the bottle down after feeding her baby and walking away from the room forever. The second was the obvious foot print that was made in the thick layer of dust on the wall directly in front of me. Considering the work I had put into getting into the room I had no idea how the foot print got there.

Undaunted I took in the room and the contents. As I reached towards the forgotten bottle I heard a step somewhere in the house. Before I could process the fact that I was alone in the house...the world went black.